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| Group photo of third Asian Conference |
The third edition of the technical seminar took place in Guangzhou, China, from the April 27-28 2017. This year the event shed light on the natural alternatives to reduce the use of antibiotics and the situation of the animal production in Asia.
For the third consecutive year, Olmix Group hosted the
Olmix International Seminar on Health and Nutrition in Asia. This year’s
edition took place in Guangzhou, China, city that welcomed more than 120
attendees from 12 different countries who gathered at the Sheraton Grand
Guangzhou Huadu Resort for two days of high-level technical conferences and
workshops.
Following the philosophy of Olmix, the event was
mainly focused on the risk of the overuse of antibiotics in animal production
and how marine algae technology and its unique active molecules, the sulfated
polysaccharides, can help us to raise animals without antibiotics and chemical
additives.
The first day of the event turned out to be a very
good opportunity to discuss not only the global situation of the animal feed
production in Asia, but also some of the hottest topics concerning the animal
production industry all around the world.
Mr Sébastien Balusson, Olmix’s Deputy CEO, officially
opened the event by welcoming all the attendees and giving an overview of the
Olmix’s global strategy. Mr Balusson highlighted the latest research and
innovations carried out by the Group recently that aim to reach a full healthy
food chain.
The show was officially opened and so was the plenary
session. Dr Fan Fuhao, General Director of the Center of Quality Test and
Supervision for Breeding Swine, MOA (Guangzhou), was the first to go on stage,
where he shared some key points of the swine market in China and gave some
scientific solutions to ensure animals’ health and welfare in the farm.
He remarked, “We can do many things to guarantee the
best conditions both in animal husbandry and agriculture. When it comes to pig
farming, we should focus on four goals: ensuring the welfare of animals,
decreasing toxicity rates, boosting herd immunity and improving the health
degree of animals.”
Secondly, Mr Michel Guillaume, Olmix’s Technical
Director, took the lead and shared with the audience an interesting
presentation about antibiotics in animal production. He pointed out the high
risk associated with an overuse of antibiotics and got into detail by giving
the key points of this critical situation in Asia:
He explained, “There are several examples of bacterial
resistance to antibiotics in Asia. Streptococcus suis is one of the most
important causes of bacterial mortality in piglets and Streptococcus suis type
two is an emerging human pathogen in Southeast Asia. In 2005, a total of 215
cases of human Streptococcus suis infections (38 deaths) were reported
in Sichuan, China. All infections occurred in backyard farmers who were
directly exposed to infection during the slaughtering process of pigs that had
died of unknown causes.”
The potential of algae
After that, the conference session took a 180-degree
turn. As it could not be otherwise, the last two presentations shed light on
the incredible potential of algae and their specific extracts, the
algal-sulphated polysaccharides. Ass. Pr. Meng-Chou Lee, from the National
Ocean University of Taiwan, gave a presentation entitled ‘Seaweed (marine
macroalgae) in animal productions’. According to Mr Meng-Chou, “we can get a
lot of benefits of marine algae in animal production processes”, as he
explained that “they can be used as nutritional supplements as well as
providing vitamins and minerals”. He also mentioned that “seaweed can be used
as natural antioxidants and neutralise the free radicals in vivo, while
protecting the ingredients in the feed, regulate the immune system and prevent
the spread of pathogens, among others. They even might reduce animals’ methane
production without affecting growth and health”.
Last, but not least, Dr Hervé Demais, from the Biovet
Conseil, explained how specific algal sulfated polysaccharides extracts
(branded MSP®) interact with immunity in animal production:
“Olmix MSP® have the capacity to increase of specific
immune response mediators’ expression by differentiated IPEC-1 cells –Olmix MSP
extracted from Ulva armoricana green algae exhibits an antimicrobial activity
and stimulates cytokine expression by intestinal epithelial cells”.
The results of the Olmix’s antibiotic-free programme
After discussing the alternatives to the use of
antibiotics in animal production, the plenary sessions could not close without
showing some real results on the matter. Mr Olivier Biannic, Olmix’s
Antibiotic-free Production Manager, took the chance to present the latest
results of the Olmix’s antibiotic-free programme.
“Saga program - a comprehensive program that use the
synergetic properties of Olmix range of products and different MSP®, confirmed
the possibility to raise 94 percent of piglets without antibiotics and allows
to produce up to 93 percent of poultry flocks antibiotic-free still increasing
the performances.”
Mr Biannic’s message was clear:
· Antibiotic-free demand is now coming from the market and the market is
ready to pay between 15-20 percent more than conventional.
· Olmix is able to help and bring the support to produce antibiotic-free
alternatives thanks to algae.
· Algotherapy and algae benefits are also a very good and positive
approach that will give an added value to the meat, milk and eggs.
To close the plenary session, Mr Quang Thanh Trinh,
Olmix Asia Pacific Manager, went on stage to share with the attendees the Olmix
Group’s internal and external strategy that make the company able to provide
innovative and natural solutions and meet the needs of its customers and
partners worldwide.
Workshops: poultry, swine and aquaculture
Besides the plenary sessions, several workshops took
place during the two days of the event in order to address the main challenges
in poultry, swine and aquaculture production.
The poultry workshop focused on the main issues concerning the poultry
sector nowadays, such as mycotoxin management, vaccination practices or feed
digestibility, among others.
On the other hand, the swine workshop came up with some of the latest
updates of this industry in the world but particularly in China. ‘Disease Challenges in Swine in Asia’,
‘Management of Biosecurity and
Bioexclusion in Large Pig Units’ and ‘Raw Materials and By-products: Latest Trends for Optimal Performance’ were
some of the presentations.
Finally, the aquaculture workshop pointed out some of the current trends
of the field. Conferences such us Alternative
Sustainable Way of Farming: Polyculture, Fish Meal Replacement, Benefits and Limitations or Improvement of Digestibility of Aqua Feeds were
delivered by the Olmix Aqua Care Team.
Read more HERE.
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